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Advice, freeware, & wonderful software bargains that you may not be aware of. We have also been collecting movies which inspire us to reach up rather than look down. THE BEST BARGAIN IN EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE ON THE WEB and YOU CAN HAVE ALL 200 PROGRAMS FOR LESS THAN $25 When you read why they were written by Simon Hensby in England, you may even shed a tear. It's an inspirational story and video! Our philosophy is that genius is often inspired rather than an being an ability that some are born with. I should say that some geniuses never make much of themselves. Some people who seem to not be very bright HAVE been inspired to reach higher and have become amazing successes.
As a teacher I soon learned to ignore what I had been told about students entering my classroom and give them a chance to prove themselves a positive influence. A new year, for a student can be a time to start fresh and change past poor behavior. But this may not occur if teachers or parents assume that students do not change
I still recall a young lady who came into my Grade 5 class. I was told by a former teacher that she had a very low reading level and probably would not accomplish much. I decided to ignore those comments and assumed that the student was a normal average student. The amazing thing is that with that expectation, she cast off her former poor performance and became a very good student. I saw this many times over. Don't ask me to tell you the psychological principle, but in common terms, The words we utter to children or adults can cause them to grow and flourish and try for impossible things or to wither and want to die to escape the misery our words have caused. | ||||
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It is hard to explain the things or people that make an impact on our lives! Movies have an amazing influence on us. They can inspire us to greatness or make us afraid to try and cause us to give up. It is a pity that in entertaining us, Hollywood does not usually get the idea that they could mold our world into a better place by giving us real and admirable heroes to look up to and models to follow. People that we admire and want to be like. But then every once in a while a gem comes along. Since EDUCATION can really begin with inspiration, we are making a list of movies that push people up toward greatness. We only have a few but there are many more. In fact if you would like to help, then please email us with your inspirational movie or book or whatever media you feeel inspires greatness. |
I just got finished watching the movie, "We Are Marshall". An amazing story of a 1970 plane crash that killed ALL of Marshall University's Football team, coaches and many friends. Instead of cancelling football, which would have been reasonable with only a few players left who could not be on the plane that fateful day, they got permission to use freshmen who triumphed in their second game. The new coach, Jack Lengyel, apparently a hall-of-famer motivated them by telling them they could NOT be defeated even if the other team had more points on the board. They would still be winners for playing older and superior teams and keeping football alive at Marshall. I am not much of a sports fan, and certainly NOT a football fan, but I am always a fan of the human spirit in triumph!
Reminded me of what I used to tell my primary students at Lloyd Rice School on Quaker Road, Welland. I told them that winners were those who tried hard and helped others. Yes it is nice to actually have more points or a higher score but what really counts is, "Did you give it your best?" and "Did you try to help others be their best?" If you did and if you do, my friend, YOU ARE A WINNER!!! - Charles Pedley, retired teacher | |||
